How to Be Cheerful About the American System Anyway- Molly at the 53rd Conference on World Affairs; How to Be Cheerful About the American System Anyway- Molly at the 53rd Conference on World Affairs
- Introduction by Chancellor Richard Byyvy
- Molly Ivins begins
- "Canada is our most important neighbor to the north."
- String of George W. Bush jokes
- "Man who is not bilingual but bi-ignorant"
- Bush ran as a moderate Republican & compassionate conservative
- Republicans saying to Democrats "Get over it."
- "Do not want to admit that they did not win that election."
- With Bush. "What you get is all you get."
- Veering towards corporate oligarchy
- Corporate imperialism
- Political system corrumpted by money
- Fred Harris & Lance Hartke
- "I didn't know there was money in peace."
- "In Texas honor is when you are bought, you stay bought."
- Great belief in constant reform.
- Civics is no longer taught in school.
- You cannot avoid politics even if you try.
- "We are the owners of the country"
- Citizens of the U.S have more power than 97% of the rest of the world.
- Austinites mooning the KKK story
- "This is the place with the right dream"
- Reit Pattman
- "Where thre is no vision the people shall (perish?)"
- The only role of 3rd party is to shove one of the bigger
- "In the general election use you head."
- John Henry Faulk/ACLU/Reverend Weaver/Citizen's Against Pornography Story
- Joe Rowell/Rowel/Rawl/Rall (Sp?) "Tell them how much fun it was, tell them how much fun it was."
- "Tell 'em how much how much fun it was."
- Molly speech ends
- Questions and Answers begins
- Texas can divide itself into 5 states
- "Texanization of the country"
- Ann Richards
- Lists possible 2004 nominees.
- Electoral college- Molly favors the abolition of the Electoral College
- Al Gore
- Tom Daschle & Dick Gephardt
- Texas is "The National Laboratory for bad government."
- How the working man had been hoodwinked by the Republicans. You got to know how to talk to these.
- Molly Ends Questions & Answers
- (Tape Ends)